C Miguel Montero ...3236 mins 
SP Doug Davis ...3311 mins
SP Max Scherzer ...7326 mins
SP Max Scherzer ...7671 mins
P Max Scherzer ...8256 mins
P Max Scherzer ...8651 mins
SP Max Scherzer ...8926 mins
C Chris Snyder ...10676 mins
C Chris Snyder ...10681 mins
P Randy Johnson ...12161 mins
2B Edgar Gonzalez ...hand
R Edgar Gonzalez ...elbow
OF Eric Byrnes ...hamstring
2B Orlando Hudson ...hand
29 Daisuke Matsuzaka (P - bos)
27 Brad Lidge (P - phi)
27 Rich Harden (P - oak)
27 Cole Hamels (P - phi)
25 B.J. Upton (CF - tba)
24 Dustin Pedroia (2B - bos)
24 Brett Myers (P - phi)
21.32 Andy Sonnanstine (P - tba)
19 Manny Ramirez (LF - bos)
8 Akinori Iwamura (2B - tba)
7 Andre Ethier (RF - lan)
4 Julio Lugo (SS - bos)
3 Jayson Werth (RF - phi)
2 Blake DeWitt (2B - lan)
Rusty Ryal hit his first two home runs of the fall and Chris Nelson also went deep as the Phoenix Desert Dogs came from behind to edge the Peoria Javelinas, 3-2, on Monday afternoon.
Will the D-backs be able to afford to keep Adam Dunn? Can Steve Finley be brought in to help the team learn to run the bases better? Will Chris Snyder switch positions? Beat reporter Steve Gilbert addresses these questions and more in the mailbag.
D-backs assistant general manager Peter Woodfork and director of player personnel Jerry DiPoto reportedly will interview this week for the vacant Mariners GM job. Woodfork and Dipoto came to the D-backs after the 2005 season.
Pitching coach Bryan Price, who has been with the D-backs for three seasons, and the club have agreed to terms on a one-year contract. The club is expected to announce soon that all members of the coaching staff will return next season.
Right-hander Max Scherzer allowed two runs (one earned) in seven innings Monday in an Arizona Fall League game as he works to strengthen himself in an effort to make the D-backs' rotation in 2009. Several members of Arizona's front office were on hand to watch.
Why aren't the D-backs making more of an effort to re-sign second baseman Orlando Hudson? Who will play second base if Hudson doesn't come back? Beat reporter Steve Gilbert answers these questions and more in this week's D-backs mailbag.
Parker building on solid foundation
No one was more disappointed the D-backs finished out of the playoffs in 2008 than Josh Byrnes. As the Arizona general manager, though, he gets paid to make decisions based on more than just emotion.
D-backs general manager Josh Byrnes and manager Bob Melvin each held their end-of-season press conferences Monday afternoon, and they touched on a number of topics.
The defending National League West champions started the year 20-8 and looked as though they might run away with a weaker-than-expected division. Instead, because the D-backs were unable to keep April's hot offense going, they let the Dodgers hang around in the race.
Chris Young had a bases-loaded walk in the ninth inning as the D-backs defeated the Rockies, 2-1, at Chase Field on Sunday afternoon. Randy Johnson went all nine innings, allowed just one unearned run in the first inning and secured career win No. 295.
The questions about next year for the D-backs have started already. One of the biggest involves where Conor Jackson will play in 2009.
Eric Byrnes didn't play very much in 2008, but during all his time off, the D-backs outfielder learned a thing or two about himself. For one, he learned his body's limitations.
Bob Melvin hasn't reflected on the possibility of not managing Randy Johnson, but should the Big Unit part ways with the D-backs after the season, Melvin has been more than thankful for the opportunity to manage the 21-year veteran.
Stephen Drew hit a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the eighth that lifted the D-backs over the Rockies, 6-4, at Chase Field on Saturday night.
D-backs manager Bob Melvin would like to see his team finish above .500 at 82-80. For Arizona to do that, it will need to win its final two games of the season.
It may not mean anything for the playoff race anymore, but Saturday's D-backs game at Chase Field has some extra importance for the National League Cy Young Award race. Brandon Webb will be vying for win No. 23 in his final start of the season.
Chad Tracy hit a pinch-hit, game-winning two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning as the D-backs topped the Rockies, 6-4, on Friday night in front of 34,590 at Chase Field.
The D-backs named first baseman Josh Whitesell and pitcher Cesar Valdez as their team's Minor League player and pitcher of the year on Friday.
As they try to figure out how to construct their roster for 2009, the D-backs would like to get catcher Miguel Montero some playing time at third base during the offseason.
The D-backs are officially eliminated from postseason contention, but in the final series of the year, some players on the team will have the chance to end their season on a positive note.
Even four games down with four to play, the D-backs talked about winning out and hoping for a one-game playoff. Instead, their playoff hopes ended with a 12-3 loss to the Cardinals on Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium.
The D-backs were eliminated from playoff contention Thursday afternoon when they fell, 10-3, to the Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
D-backs third baseman Mark Reynolds set the record for most strikeouts in a season when he fanned for the 200th time this year in the second inning against the Cardinals on Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium.
D-backs manager Bob Melvin acknowledged that the strong finish by reliever Chad Qualls gives him a leg up at retaining his closer's position heading into Spring Training next year.
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